Improvement Manager - Engineering

About the role

Babcock is recruiting an Improvement Manager for its Devonport Royal Dockyard site, working within the 10 Dock Redevelopment Programme, one of the UK's most significant infrastructure and engineering programmes. You will help identify, develop and implement improvements to processes, procedures and working practices across the project lifecycle, working with multidisciplinary teams in programme management, engineering, design, construction and customer organisations. The role is full time, 35 hours per week, based on site.

Key responsibilities

• Review and improve project, engineering and delivery processes to enhance programme performance and efficiency.
• Lead improvement initiatives, workshops and working groups to embed best practice and consistent ways of working.
• Support the flow of information, deliverables and decisions from design through to construction and commissioning.
• Build relationships with design organisations, programme teams, construction partners and customer stakeholders to improve collaboration.
• Monitor and report on improvement activities, identify barriers to delivery and recommend solutions to senior leadership.

Required profile

• Experience on complex civil engineering, infrastructure or major programme environments.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements through process optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience across technical, engineering and project delivery functions.
• Ability to influence, coordinate and align multidisciplinary teams to achieve programme objectives.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance; eligibility may depend on place of birth, nationality and residency.

Required skills

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building across diverse teams.
• Process optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Advantageous: qualifications in engineering, project management, programme management or continuous improvement.

What we offer

• Salary of £44,600 plus benefits.
• Generous holiday allowance and matched contribution pension with life assurance.
• Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+, employee shopping savings portal and payment of professional fees.
• Holiday trading and a paid day off for volunteering ('Be Kind Day').
• Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces.